ISLAMABAD: The successful accomplishment of Mid-Life Upgrade and Falcon STAR configuration for Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F16s, has culminated with a closing ceremony that took place at the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Ankara, Turkey, official sources said yesterday.
Air Marshal Sohail Aman, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, as chief guest of the ceremony, represented the senior leadership of PAF.
Aman, while addressing the ceremony, read the message by Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, in which he said, “In this era of rapid technological advancement, PAF is entrusted with great responsibility of providing defence of the aerial frontiers.”
“Thus, our quest for excellence continues by optimum utilisation of the sophisticated assets on our inventory, procuring the state-of-the-art equipment and upgradation of the existing ones.”
German envoy arrives in Kabul
Kabul: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived yesterday in the German military base Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, DW reported.
During his trip in Afghanistan, he will meet with President Hamid Karzai as well as the two candidates who ran to replace him, Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah.
He will also meet with the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Jan Kubis along with German election observers.
Nearly three months after the run-off election, results remain inconclusive. Both candidates have accused the other of election fraud. AGENCIES
